Hungarian Working People's Party

The Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) was the communist party which ruled Hungary from 14 June 1948 to 31 October 1956. Matyas Rakosi was the first leader of the MDP, and the MPD used "salami-slice" tactics to brand their enemies as fascists and then to root out centrists or social democrats in their party. In 1956, Janos Kadar and more liberal communists formed the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party and launched a revolution against the Stalinist government, leading to the fall of the MDP. Ultimately, the Socialist Workers' Party would turn against the revolution and take up a pro-Soviet stance.